Christmas Books for Grown-ups
‘Tis the season for Christmas books full of cheer, hilarity, and heartwarming (and occasionally heart-stopping) scenes. We all know and love so many wonderful Christmas books for kids and adults […]
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Happy Vegan Thanksgiving!
Are you the only person in your family who won’t be eating grandma’s thanksgiving turkey? Or is your turn to host Thanksgiving and you’re the only Vegan? If so, no […]
Dinovember: Books about Dinosaurs
It’s Dinovember, the month when people all over the internet celebrate the awesomeness of dinosaurs by posing toy dinosaurs in different situations, taking pictures, and putting them online for everyone […]
Spoooky Ghost Stories
Happy Halloween! Looking for something spine-tingling, hair-raising, or soul-chilling to scare yourself with? Then look no further. The six books below have varying levels of spookiness, but all of them feature one […]
The Freedom to Read: Six of the Top 10 Challenged Books of 2014
September 27th to October 3rd is Banned Books Week this year, during which libraries, bookstores, and other institutions all over the country are celebrating the freedom to read what we […]
Happy 99th Birthday to the National Park Service!: 6 Books about America’s National Parks
Happy 99th Birthday to the National Park Service! The National Park Service was established in 1916 to care for the National Parks all across America. With over 400 parks encompassing over […]
Reading to the Rhythm with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This Saturday, July 18, at the Linda Vista Branch Library, the West Pasadena Book Discussion group has taken on a different approach to this month’s meeting. In other words, instead […]
Read to the Rhythm with Books About Music
Celebrate this year’s Read to the Rhythm Adult Summer Reading Challenge by reading about your favorite composers, artists, and genres. Also, if you haven’t signed up yet, you can […]
Missing Mad Men?: Six Books to Fill the Mad Men Shaped Hole in your Life
Are you, like many of us, devastated that there will be no more episodes of Mad Men? Are you questioning what could possibly fill that void in your heart? Well, […]
To Infinity and Beyond: 6 Books about Space
May the Force be with you on this May fourth–Star Wars Day! While we’re not yet up to the level of space travel and exploration that is shown in the […]